I am by no means a defender of capitalism; nor am I a fan of the police – but it seems to me the hysteria from the protesters, the rioters, and their supporters (I’m looking at you, GSU+UTSU) have taken this over-reaction business to a whole new level.
Facts:
“Anarchists” using the black bloc tactic were hiding [...]
I heard this on the radio today, thought I’d share it.
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One day, Plato asked Socrates, his teacher and mentor, “What is love?”
Socrates replied, “Plato, take a walk through the wheat field nearby. Without turning back, walk forward, and pick the most magnificent stalk of wheat you can find. However, you are allowed to pick only [...]
Some tidbits from Friday’s David Suzuki talk at the University of Toronto, which was spectacularly done.
“We are turning our backs on the very survival mechanism that got our species here in the first place.”
“We are air – everything we do to the air, we do directly to ourselves.”
“There is no crisis of the environment – [...]
I was listening to the radio the other day, when I came across a particularly ear-catching story. Some professor of climatology or other was claiming that Climate Change/Global Warming was not due to any human causes. This, despite the now-famous UN Report written by some 2000 scientists from across the globe that stated unequivocally that [...]
Not too long ago, I went into one of those obviously-pirated-DVDs-store in a random asian mall (they seem to be rather commonplace here). As usual, the store was packed with all sorts of people. They always are. This particular store wasn’t reknowned or anything – it was just one several in the mall. Stores of [...]
(Ed note: This post receives a lot of Google hits. For those stumbling upon this post, I also recommend this one, which is more in-depth and updated.)
Yesterday, amidst a rather empty convocation hall, I attended the Engineering Science overture lecture for the 2007 Winter Term, themed “Systems and States”. Giving the lecture was one Professor [...]